Pride Month Music 04-dark times by Ben Platt
Music Lettering
Happy Pride Month! šš³ļøāš
As we approach the end of Pride Month, Iām creating lettering pieces celebrating music related to LGBTQIA+ community. My goal is to expose people to good music and artists while also help bringing the community filled with diversity together, since music is like a universal language that can touch anyoneās heart.
ādark timesā by Ben Platt is the song I wish my younger self could have listened to. It would have spared me much pain and misery as I was growing up.
Just the thought that my future self would smile at me and cheer me on, rather than berate me as miserable piece of shit who does not deserve love or even exist, would have made my life feel more worth living. Hell, even the idea that the future of me actually does exist at all would have been a blessing back then.
Just the thought that my future self would smile at me and cheer me on, rather than berate me as a miserable piece of shit who does not deserve love or even to exist, would have made my life feel more worth living. Hell, even the idea that the future version of me actually exists would have been a blessing back then.
Thatās how much bleakness I experienced when I was a child. I was filled with self-doubt, self-loathing, and self-destructive thoughts during my identity crisis and constantly questioning my own worth of existence.
I constantly imagined the world swallowing me whole, believing that itād be okay because everyone would be better off without me.
Actually, no, I was contemplating how much better off it would be if I could take away the parts of myself that didnāt conform to societal norms. I imagined how much
life would be easier for both myself and those around me, if I were not who I am. I believed the reason life was so hard to bear was because of my own identity.
I felt like a source of darkness, a mistake that would bring suffering to myself and everyone elseālike a black hole swallowing up everyone and everything around me.
But, the truth is, as the song says, you only see the light shine in dark times.
And that light keeps carrying me through life, even during moments when I couldnāt bring myself to see it.
So, here I am today, smiling at my younger selves and cheering each of them on. I also know that all my future selves will do the same.
Tough times donāt last, but tough people do. I am now tough and brave enough to trust that light will shine upon me through both good and bad times.
Life is worth living, so Iām determined to live it fully, no matter what.
For the lettering, I use galaxy as the backdrop, with ādark timesā depicted as stars that shine the light of hope. My favorite lyrics, āTough times donāt last, tough people do,ā convey the idea that this thought will help you see hope and continue persevering through dark times.
dark times by Ben Platt
13 is hard enoughSo busy growing upNow, you're sitting on a secret no one knowsYou see him after schoolHe barely looks at you'Cause you're both afraid that people might suppose
I'll see you in the mirror when you're olderFor now, just keep your head up on your shoulders
Life goes too fastHeart breaks in twoTough times don't lastTough people doSo, wipe those tears from your crying eyes'Cause you only see the light shine in dark times
18, you fall in loveYou think you found the oneAnd he calls you up to say there's someonŠµ elseFeels like thŠµ world's in flamesYou give yourself the blame'Cause the landing wasn't worth how hard you fell
I'll see you in the mirror when you're olderFor now, just keep your head up on your shoulders
Life goes too fastHeart breaks in twoTough times don't lastTough people doSo, wipe those tears from your crying eyes'Cause you only see the light shine in dark times
Oh-oh, in dark times
Oh-oh-oh, in dark times
We're 27 nowDon't have it figured outBut, at least, no one can say we haven't grownScars turn to memoriesThey keep us companyBut it's nice to know we're not in this alone
Life goes too fastHeart breaks in twoTough times don't lastTough people doSo, wipe those tears from your crying eyes'Cause you only see the light shineYou only see the light shine in dark times